Adams, Harkness & Hill Hires Eric Prouty to Head its Emerging Energy Research Group.Business Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2001 Adams, Harkness & Hill, the Boston-based investment bank specializing in emerging growth companies, announced today that Eric A. Prouty, a leading energy technology analyst, has joined the firm as principal of its Emerging Energy group. "As we continue to build a strong emerging energy practice, we're pleased to have Eric head up our group's efforts," said John Adams, AH&H's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and chairman of the board. "His outstanding experience within this quickly evolving energy space will further distinguish our firm as a leader in this area." Prouty, 31, comes to Adams, Harkness & Hill from the San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden offices of Robertson Stephens, Inc. While at Robertson Stephens, Prouty served as a vice president and senior energy technology analyst covering growth businesses focused on the changing global energy and transportation industries. "I am excited to join Adams, Harkness & Hill, with its emerging growth focus and dedication to the emerging energy space," said Prouty. "From distributed generation Distributed generation generates electricity from many small energy sources. It has also been called also called on-site generation, dispersed generation, embedded generation, decentralized generation, decentralized energy or to the next generation of vehicles, we believe that a large market opportunity exists within the emerging energy sector." Prior to his tenure at Robertson Stephens, Prouty worked for more than three years with FAC/Equities, a division of First Albany Corporation. While at FAC/Equities, he most recently covered the new energy and power technology space, which included distributed generation, renewable energy Renewable energy utilizes natural resources such as sunlight, wind, tides and geothermal heat, which are naturally replenished. Renewable energy technologies range from solar power, wind power, and hydroelectricity to biomass and biofuels for transportation. , energy storage and power quality/reliability and alternatively powered vehicles and eEnergy solutions. Prouty also worked for State Street Research and Management Company for four years. Prouty holds a Bachelor's degree in economics and history from Dickinson College Dickinson College, at Carlisle, Pa.; coeducational; Methodist; founded 1773 as The Grammar School, chartered and opened as Dickinson College 1783. It was named for John Dickinson. in Carlisle, Pennsylvania Carlisle is a borough in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, 18 miles (29 km) west by southwest of Harrisburg, the State capital. Carlisle is located within the Cumberland Valley, a highly productive agricultural region. As of the 2000 census, the borough population was 17,970. . Adams, Harkness, & Hill is an independent, full-service investment bank that focuses exclusively on emerging growth companies in the technology, health care and specialty consumer sectors. Backed by its world-class industry research, AH&H offers each client a complete array of investment banking, sales and trading, asset management and corporate services Activities that combine or consolidate certain enterprise-wide needed support services, provided based on specialized knowledge, best practices, and technology to serve internal (and sometimes external) customers and business partners. . Uniting its commitment to developing long-term client relationships with its long-standing access to the nation's top portfolio managers, AH&H offers the expertise of a large national investment bank with the personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. attention of a specialized institution. Headquartered in Boston, MA, Adams, Harkness & Hill has West Coast offices in San Francisco, CA. More information is available at www.ahh.com. |
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